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machination
n. plotting, scheming, intriguing, manoeuvring, designing,
manipulating; plot, scheme, intrigue, manoeuvre, design,
stratagem, ruse, trick, trickery, artifice, dirty trick(s),
wile, manipulation, ploy, tactic(s), move, gambit: He escaped
from the machinations of his enemies. Must you resort to such
machinations merely to get them to listen?
machine n. 1 mechanism, device, apparatus, contrivance, appliance,
instrument, implement, tool, utensil, gadget, Colloq
contraption, US gismo or gizmo: What kind of machine is used to
make a corkscrew? 2 engine, motor, prime mover, vehicle; car,
automobile, motor car, US auto: We used to get into the machine
and go for Sunday picnics. 3 organization, system, ring, gang,
cabal, clique, party, faction: The entire council is run by a
political machine.
--v. 4 shape, make, manufacture: In this department we machine
the castings to a tolerance of one ten-thousandth of an inch.
machismo n. masculine pride or arrogance, manliness, virility,
masculinity, grit, Colloq guts, Slang balls: He is just trying
to impress you with his machismo.
macho adj. manly, masculine, virile, proud, arrogant: He's afraid
his macho image will be destroyed if he admits to enjoying
ballet.
mad adj. 1 insane, deranged, crazy, crazed, demented, lunatic,
unhinged, delirious, out of one's mind or head, psychotic,
maniacal, (mentally) unbalanced, mentally ill, of unsound mind,
non compos mentis, Chiefly Brit daft, Colloq out of one's head,
touched (in the head), screwy, cuckoo, mental, certifiable,
having a screw loose, dotty, cracked, mad as a March hare, mad
as a hatter, not all there, off-the-wall, stark raving mad,
Chiefly Brit potty, US nutty as a fruit cake; Slang nuts, loony,
goofy, loopy, crackers, batty, off one's rocker or trolley,
bananas, Brit round the bend or twist, twisted, off one's chump,
barmy or balmy, bonkers, US out to lunch, bughouse, bugs, crazy
as a bedbug or a coot, loco, wacky, out of one's tree, meshuga:
You're mad if you think I'm going in there with that lion. 2
foolish, silly, childish, immature, puerile, wild, nonsensical,